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in america. but thanks to the numerous strip joints and massage parlors, portland, oregon, has earned the nickname pornland. and it is an epicenter for child prostitution. many of the working girls, some young for middle school, are not kidnapped or runaways. they are tricked into walking the streets in exchange for clothing, jewelry or just human love. sharyn alfonsi reports for our series, "nightline" investigates. >> reporter: they call it the track. on any given night, it is littered with pros tults and strippers. but a lot of these girls probably aren't what you think they are. how old are these girls? >> i have seen them as young as 12. >> reporter: kids turning tricks before they're old enough for high school. not runaways or one can i s ork little girls lured here. >> i'm a [ bleep ]. do you think i [ bleep ] like this? not really. >> reporter: portland, oregon, often voted one of the most livable cities in america. it is now a national hub for child sex trafficking. >> i went to a strip club and danced, whatever. >> reporter: how old were you? >> 13. >> reporter: katie is one

for the portland water bureau. marine stapleton for the san die ae go and less tear from water and wally bishop the contra water d district. each panelist will have a chance to speak and ten minute time limit is a little like global warming. it sneaks up on you and then it's hard to deal with there that end. we'll try to reserve of for questions and answered that end. thanks. >> thank you jarrod and i will go through this quickly and i hope there's sufficient teasers in there to get you to ask questions as we get near the end. cautionary notes this is the system of seattle system, not your system. you have to look that principals and see if they apply to the same work the planning side, the modeling side, the adaptive side and i'll talk briefly for a few seconds on mayors initiative on climate control because it gives an as political environment to work in and then the seattle system. the mayor of seattle nickels started the protocols for the city and started process with a lot of other mayors to start aggressively dealing with climate change if your interested at the bottom we have the websit

. this is what this represents. we told these ideas from all across the country. portland was doing some of this. but we don't like being second place to portland. so, eat your heart out, portland. we took a little bit from bloomberg in new york and that was the idea of payment to park land but we don't like to be second place, we are now doing more on that and we took the ideas from chicago. and i will say if there is any father or mother of these ideas it is mayor daley in chicago who is on these things years and years ago. i went out there when i first became mayor, got so jealous going down michigan avenue i said we have to do something so we stole their greening director and brought her out here and tasked here with putting these plans together and i want to specifically acknowledge astrid and her hard work and collaborative effort with all of you as well. i'm excited about this. i'm proud of this. this is a special day for me. thank you for all the hard works. this crease jobs, increases -- this creates jobs, increases values of property and increases the likelihood that people will come d

of what portland -- i love portland, but i hate that they are ahead of us on this. by the way, anyone in a sustained rain, we're always second in the country in terms of our environmental network because of the bike network. portland is finished. with all respect to the mayor, you are going down. this is the last piece of the puzzle that was missing. now, we are able to unveil this, and you ain't seen nothing. >> thank you, mayor newsom. we have a host of folks that were part of the effort to get us to where we are today. i see our director of sustainable streets is here. bridget smith, who heads up our sustainable streets effort, and she is doing a fine job. she has a great team of people working with her. another individual i need to bring up to speak to you today is our chairman of the mta, chairman tom nolan. [applause] >> good afternoon. i'm very proud to be here on behalf of the board of directors, joined with our distinguished vice chair. tomorrow, if the board of supervisors votes correctly, we will have a new chair, so we are very proud to report of the -- part of this. our b

and in downtown portland we have it at 11 miles per hour, and that's friendly and makes it possible to drive a bike in a lane except if you are on a hill. and second, shorten the crossing distance. and we can reassign the road space and next slide, those people are out in the street, and why not give that part of the street to the pedestrians. [applause] and next is let the pedestrian see and be seen, and for that we can use, when we take that space, we make a bulb out or curb extension and you can use that and let the pedestrians be safe and can see the traffic and be seen by people coming at them. and elimination plays a role here, because a lot of people think you want right at the cross walk, infact you want the light to be 25 feet away on either side and that gives what the pedestrians need at the crosswalk. and getting them out to be seen and providing elimination. and slash the numbers lanes, and maybe cross the directions to cross. and slashing the number of lanes and using a median refuge, and on a two-way street and you pet a median refuge and get one half one direction. and here i

the city of portland. help me welcome our panelists. >> our first speaker is david allenbar and he's a senior urban design are for the san francisco planning department and manages the city design group and concerns itself with urban design and the public realm and he works on the city street plan. >> thanks christina, it's a pleasure to be here today. and as christina said, we work with the city design group and concern ourselves with the design of the public realm and the street space and that plan we are working on, will probably be released in late may and early june and hope you take the time to look at that. and we are working on plans for other parts, including the mission district that's now starting up and fisherman's wharf and octavia and better neighborhood plan and that's for adoption today and i am here to talk about the pedestrian safety and you may ask why urban designers are here to talk about pedestrian safety issues. and what particular expertise might we generalists bring to the issues of pedestrian safety? when we go to the neighborhoods and talk about the iss

in all you can see cloud cover in portland, 67 for the high temperature. san diego, upper 60s with a mixture of sun and clouds." that's a look at your regional weather. lynn. >> scott, thank you. >>> well, the issues ahead this week on wall street. and a former hp big shot checks out the competition. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the critics learn this weekend at the box office never underestimate the drawing power of the heavy weight hollywood star. >>> red sox try to avoid a sweep, a bizarre ending for the rangers, and a tradition that has ruffled a few feathers. you're watching "early today." ot >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. less than a week after the u.s. declared the end of combat operations in iraq, american troops opened fire on suicide bombers who assaulted a baghdad army base yesterday. the fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens more. most of them iraqi soldiers. >>> guatemala is observing a national day of mourning today after torrential

consequences issues. >> portland is the same. we're supply limited the study does not suggest we have significant but they would come with intensive frequency but i think we would be interested in some of the direction chuck has suggested in our short record because it's very short. >> all right. i think this may be the last question. >> thank you. i'm with sea well global. would you repeat the name for all of us. >> it's called a climate resource for water changes a primer for water planners. >> the first seminar in the leadership position. what i have not heard in general is new water supply and question is if de salinization is an issue and we look that sub sea water company our problem solve the problem how do you solve the environmental impact but what the impact to put it back in the ocean. what are the electrical costs. pipelinei

. still some sprinkles and showers in portland. much of the rain is over with, 68 in seattle. much of the west coast dry, san francisco south. in m in san francisco. the clouds. pendleton, oregon, 74, mostly cloudy with breaks of sun in seattle. >> lynn, we'll talk about thursday's forecast coming up. >>> thank you so much. >> wall street says good-bye to august, tech stocks stumble and why you can't call shchampagne champagne. >>> plus, these actors are not hollywood's most profitable. we'll tell you who is. >>> an electrifying debut for a reds' rookie. and manny speaks, but did anyone understand him? you're watching "early today." k >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. herer some of your top headlines this morning. president obama opens a two-day summit in washington today aimed at brokering an israeli/palestinian peace agreement. this afternoon the president will host individual meetings with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. tomorrow negotiations will be formally relaunched at a ceremony at the state d

that's become the hot bed of sex trafficking, chances are you would never have guessed portland, oregon, but sharyn alfonsi traveled there, and she's here tonight. >> reporter: well, it is places you don't expect, and girls you don't expect. we found girls as young as 12 years old, not runaways, but girls from the suburbs being targeted by pimps and forced to work at pros tults. we are on portland's 82nd avenue. they call it the track. police believe there are as many as 100 underage girls here, working the streets, the strip clubs, deployed to hotel rooms, rented and traded by pimps. how old are these girls and what do they look like? >> i have seen them as young as 12. >> reporter: police say young girls are being carefully targeted. >> they look for them in malls, they look for them on myspace and facebook. they look for them in the schools. they strike up a friendship with them and the tactic they use is they work to identify kind of what their needs are. >> reporter: acting less like brutish pimps and more like psychological surgeons. >> you know, i can get you nice clothes and tak

, phoenix. medford, 94. portland at 84. as i mentioned, seattle about eight degrees warmerarizona, as will be around 100. spokane, 80 degrees. that's a beautiful fall day. salem, oregon, 85. we'll take a peek at friday a little later. back to you. >> wow, i am jealous of the west coast today. i can tell you that much. >> they're not wearing the big high rubber boots. >>> oil claims, scary foreclosure numbers, mcdonald's threatens benefits. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it's been quite a run lately fortin that faye. but wait, it gets even better. >>> a first for david ortiz. one of the craziest endings you'll ever see and a hair-raising tribute for one of baseball's finest. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> newly released footage of tests the fbi conducted shows the potentially devastating power of the times square bomb discovered inside an suv last may. had the explosive not failed, law enforcement officials say it would have

systems and portland we have a hydro facility on both our damages and we're planning and are in the process for providing fish flows. other systems dealing with navigation and the whole, gamut of things that go on we need models to address that level of complexity. that's it for me i look forward to our on going conversation. [applause] >> good morning., jarrod said in his introduction that this panel was going to talk about how we're planing for the worst and how we're planning for disasters. it's probably one of the worst introductions i've had it's such a downer, who wants to hear it really? so as a result of that introduction jarrod i've decided to entitle my presentation i feel so much better since i gave up hope. welcome to california water. i'm not going to talk about the analysises that were done or some of the technical planning we have done but really focus on water management and what we've done specifically related to that in san diego. i want to tell you who the authority is. we're the regional wholesaler we supply to 24 retailers and we import water fr

perform the services. portland, oregon, there was portland, oregon, there was a service formed by former law enforcement personnel, and they wanted the ability to perform, and so the district hired additional security and is actually working with officers that the benefits district is paying for. they pay for three officers and the police department is paying for one. that's something you can ask for further clarification with the controllers, but you can't let your police department be subpoena planted. -- supplanted. there is no reason san francisco can't do some things that plndplnd -- port land does. now there are other cities have that gone out and hired security to perform functions for them. but they can -- did it in a way that is under the private directionway that is under the private direction and control. they are working for the city through the bit process, and they address the issues that the patrol speshes -- specials -- that the police department asks them to do. here they do what the private company wants, not the police department. seattle has folks in distinctively dif

to the heat. 100 in medford today. seattle and portland also you.ing sunny and warm. salem today 85. fallon, nevada, around 92. we'll update your friday forecast coming up, lynn. >> all right, bill, thanks so much. >>> well, stocks sizzle, apple shines and burger king is on the block. your early-morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, you won't believe who turned down "dancing with the stars" and who volunteered but got turned away. >>> a major upset at the u.s. open and fight night in florida. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here's some of your top headlines this morning. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas are set to relaunch direct peace talks at the state department in washington today after a nearly two-year hiatus. following a day of individual meetings with both leaders, president obama said yesterday he was "cautiously hopeful" about achieving a positive outcome. >>> new video out of chile shows improvements in the living quarters for 33 trapped miners

as we did our research. we look at new york, chicago, los angeles, portland, san diego, santa clara, and east bay. we wanted to see where sfpuc was on the pendulum of community programs and how it stack up with other agencies across the country. in terms of utilities, the good news is we are way ahead of the curve. you have some terrific programs. they cover many different areas. they can create sustainable relationships with the community and its customers, and we will talk about what we think should be the next steps. we also found that there is not a standard definition of community benefits. nobody has won. there is no set of guidelines anywhere throughout the country. even in australia. we look as far as australia to see what they are doing. they are very much in the leadership in this area of community benefits. all were subject to some kind of economic or political climate structural organization or legal restriction. most utilities offer the baseline of community benefits like education, sustainability, tabling at community events. what we concluded was that out of all of th

in nevada, too. the cool stuff is where the rain is falling. portland, for you, olympia, seattle, showers are going to try to sneak up your way shortly. and spokane, a shower or two. the forecast today, wet weather is up here in the pacific northwest. look how hot we are from vegas bakersfield, california. ukiah, california, 85 and partly cloudy skies. oregon, rather cloudy. take a look at the friday forecast coming up, lynn. >> bill, thank you. >>> stocks boost on earnings. more trouble for goldman sachs. and what's in a name? maybe a trademark infringement. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, it's the list everyone wants to make. "people" magazine's best dressed. >>> a game saving catch, a high flying football player and who will get reggie's heisman? you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> open ben pope benedict xvi was greeted by queen elizabeth in scotland earlier today. his meeting with the queen is significant because of the historic divide be

s and 70s. today pretty much the same. it's cool. 53 in portland. that heat down in the desert, 84 in phoenix. not a lot of wet weather. weak systems kicking up in the northern portions of the rockies and a weak low off the coast that will slowly move onshore. a lot of clouds here in coastal areas of oregon and also just north of portland, just south of seattle. temperatures seasonable as probably at most, a little hotter than average from vegas down to phoenix. much of california looking at a typical late summer, early fall day. that's ay in oregon still cool, 65. we'll look at wednesday coming up, lynn. >> bill, thank you. >>> well, anxiety ahead of the fed's meeting. job cuts at one big bank and the must-have toys this holiday season. your early biz headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the truth comes out. who else was in on the joaquin phoenix hoax? >>> the 9ers push the super bowl champs to the brink and a player takes out an unruly fan. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headline

portland northward, cool air. look what happens saturday. gorgeous weather. looks like summer. 84, salt lake city. 80s up to portland. 7 one of the warmest weekends all year, and it's the first weekend of fall. figures. doesn't it? watching on channel 10 in elko, nevada, something's in the air. at the soccer field, hot air balloon. stop by for the balloon glow. that's your pick event of the tay. have you take an balloon ride before? >> i was just going to ask you that. you took the words out of my mouth. yes, i have, and it is the most peaceful way to see the city. from the skies, of course. >> i did one. i'd love to do more. >> i'm still scared when i go up that high. thank you, bill. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> on the silver screen this weekend, look for a razor close finish. the obvious, "wall street" was one of the iconic movies of the '80s. michael douglas is featured as gordon gekko. and shia labeouf as well. interest is predictably high among older movie goers, but the luke warm spot took about $20 million. at first glance, "lege

is planning to join a ceremony at the portland campus today. >> how are social networks are away that the scammers are praying on your kids. >> they taught us a way to latch it and cinch it down really tight. the baby's seat was moving around a bit. >> tips to know before you are strapping your newborns in. >> winds out of the north gusting up to 18 miles per hour. we have a big warmup coming later this week. >>> let's check the traffic. we have a -- an accident in glen burnie. and i will have more details after a -- after we return. >> old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >> now, good morning, maryland. >> at 14, parents should be attending your football game, not your funeral. it's going to be a hard week for stude

aengineer is in portland, oregon. >> contessa, two events. one in medford, oregon, five hours from portland, where his mother and father celebrate his birthday and one in portland where he grew up and went to school. as you mentioned, kyron turns 8 today, and went to school a few hundred yards from where we're standing. over this last three months, this wall of hope, kind of a dedication wall to kyron, has been building. people have come by and left notes, messages, balloons, even earlier today we saw some folks coming by to sign the wall, to leave him a message, to leave him balloons. but despite the best effort of investigators, no sign of kyron since the day he vanished. this should be a day of celebration for his parents, but instead, one of those painful reminders of their on going nightmare. their son disappeared from school on june 4th, shortly after his stepmother, terry horman told police she dropped him at class. police have never named a suspect, but the biological parents continue to point the finger at the stepmother, terri horman claim she played a role in the disappears. her

coast. if nice in d.c. is 6:55 a.m., will it all also be 6:55 in portland, organize oregon. sunrise today is at 6:56. sunrise in portland, oregon is at 6:58 so it is close. and there are awe variety of things that affect what time sunrise is. portland is a little farther north. what you are seeing right now, because sunrise today is at 6:56, that is dawn. you are not sees sunrise. sunrise is the instant the sun makes its appearance over the horizon. before that, it is dawn. i will read this. >> does the whole thing have to be above? >> not the whole sun. it is that first -- as soon as you see the sun, that is sunrise. that first little sliver of sun, that is sunrise. >> that is about noon for me on the weekends. >> i'll read to you from wikipedia. you don't normally do that but they have a great summary here. the timing of sunrise is varied through outthe year as determined by the view are's longitude, latitude, amount today, the time year and time zone of the viewer's location. small daily changes an notice able semiwantal changes in the timing of sunrises are driven by the axial t

few clues at this point. nbc miguel has been following the story and joins us live from portland. this is a blended family, like so many others and they always celebrated kyron's birthday two birthdays and they're kind of going ahead with their plans. >> that's correct, tamron. a celebration for kyron's birthday today in medford, a city just a few hours away from here in portland where he grew up and one in portland later on this weekend. kyron would have turned 8 today and also would have started the third grade. over the last several months we've seen this wall of hope, which has been dedicated to kyron kind of built throughout the weeks where folks can come and leave notes. they have left flowers and messages for kyron to let him know that he is still part of this community and they're aware he's still out there and they're still thinking of him and, most importantly, they're still holding out hope. despite the best effort of investigators there is no sign of kyron since the day he vanished. this would have been a day of celebration for his parents, instead, a painful reminder

. it happened in portland, oregon. he was on interstate 5 when a passenger watched the driver pulled out and e-reader said it on the dashboard. he got out his cell phone and recorded the driver reading. but the driver is on administrative leave. for those of you let trouble getting high speed internet, it was announced by governor o'malley. the one and a $15 million grant makes the maryland department of fidelity bring high-speed internet to underserved businesses and homes all across the states. >> we must be connected to one another. we must be better connected to our customers. we must be better connected to our institutions, our businesses, our communities and colleges. it is to those connections that we fuel innovative economy. >> the money from the grant -- a suspect it will create 1600 new jobs. for over 20 years, they have been caring for neglected and six horses. they have been heaviest in sick and starving. yet to become a half-dozen came from west virginia. they came from a place that calls itself a rescue farm. >> the farm in western venue was supposed to be a horse rescue. the 53

menos de tormenta tropical el día sábado. igual cosa boston igual cosa portland. y toda la costa este de estados unidos. desdesd el centro hacia el nort podría recibir la cercanía. muchas gracias a luis carrera. metereología de telemundo. >>>josé: el mal tiempo hace estragos en méxico en el estado de veracruz 87 mil familias perm the centan alberg albergue. n albe municipios en el estado donde se ha declarado. pa desde la capital mexicana, dolor e icndignación. una niña que con asma que murió lasible obstrucción. en chile ofrecen disculpas a los mineros y sus familias. mientras los expertos de la nasa comienzan a trabajar por el rescate. s. y también, se disculpa a fidel castro por l la percusión contr los homosexuales. >>>josé: el departamento de educación de mayor pidió a los e distritos escolares que no pregunten el estatus migratorio, a los estudiantes que se matrix lleno luego que advirtieron que ese requisito podría violar la ley federal. h se celebró el >>> hoy se celebró el funeral de la niña de 11 años de new york, que murió camino al hospital cuando un polic

an incredible demand for food carts in the city. portland got a head of this curve, and it has done wonders and has really added to local neighborhoods. it is incredibly cumbersome and actually regulated by the police. we are leading projects to bring legislation forward to streamline food carts in the city and allow them to create a streamlined process for planning department to give permits on underutilized private spaces. i think they have also gotten ahead of the curve in there really exemplary way puree get our department has been involved with this initiative of footing in food carts from the outset. it was very well-publicized. -- involved with this initiative of putting in food carts from the outset. it was well-publicized. we have received inquiries from 40 businesses that are interested in responding. one important aspect is it is an important process. we have found some that do not have the financial resources to get a cart going and to get their line of credit better situated so they can respond to the opportunity in the future, so it has been a great opportunity to work with bu

of heat. this is just one thing. on june 28, i was coming home from my nephew's concert in portland, oregon. i was on a united airlines flight. and a stewardess attacked me twice coming home on the plane. it is hard to see, but there are too little functions -- punctures in there. that was on my right arm. that was done when she came on me like this, under my right breast area. this is the one d.c. here. it looks almost like a burn to me. it affects deep inside. it is like somebody socked me. i do not go any day, four years now, without being punctured on my body. the most recent was yesterday, 6:15 p.m., coming out of the 24- hour fitness gym on market between church and castro. three fellows walked in, early 20s. the third one came really close to me. they can do it through their pocket. they have some sort of device. my upper thigh, which i do not have a photograph of yet, has a puncture on its similar to what you have seen here. this is another one. could you please? thank you. it is difficult to see. it is like a burn whole. this picture was done at the police station on bryant

. >> reporter: the same sort of parking spaces are used in parts of seattle and portland. there's no word yet ou long this test in free hospital will last. >>> a 70-foot tall geyser of water greeted police today. it happened this morning at san leandro street. the car hit the hydrant and ended up on the train tracks. >>> beautiful weekend, it was hot then gradually started cooling off. what are we looking at for the rest of the week. >> it was, it was hot over the weekend, temperatured plummeted. temperatures coming back up. before that happens, we are looking at some cold temperatures. in the 40s when we wake up tomorrow morning. live storm tracker two, i'll show you what we have, the concord area at the airport they are 73 degrees. 67 in oakland. that's right now, highs tomorrow will be warmer still. so here's how the forecast goes. there'll be some patchy fog but minimal patchy fog. i think just like today, you're going to see sunshine at pacifica, half-moon bay, stinson beach. 45 in santa rosa, 49 in san rafael. low 50s, 50 in livermore, 51 in redwood city. we've been getting used to waking

be the first, but it was just installed in portland, eso we would be the only second one to do it in the country. also, in regard to the roof, it has to be in proximity to force it to work for the living machine. they are in -- investigating the living machine for the zoo, which would be a very large platform. i think the biggest challenge is that i wanted to push the boundaries, but when i evaluate it for irrigation, it would not negatively impact plants, but then you get to the public health issues, and that is the biggest challenge, having any of those remain in the water. commission appear -- commissioner: is john the founder? i just wanted to note -- to know. >> they got out the original company. -- they bought out the previous owner. i am hoping that we see a positive savings when we complete the buy up for the project. -- the buyout for the project. we have plans for the child care center and the cafe. will it stay on budget? yes. president crowley: colleagues, anything else? commissioner: i am fascinated by the living machine. there might be ways to tie this into anothe

on i-5 from seattle to portland. >> if you're flying, expect delays in seattle, denver, minneapolis and houston. >>> the leader of a break-away religious sect in southern california is undergoing three days of psychological evaluation. >> it follows a weekend scare in which family members in the sect were concerned about a possible massu side. chuck sievertson reports. >> reporter: the small group of eight children and three adults was the break-away sect from a local church, described as a cult-like by a local sheriff. all salvadorian immigrants. concerns arose when husbands of two of the members found notes suggesting the members might be planning a group suicide. they contacted police. >> in essence, they indicated there may be a journey to the next life. but there was allegorical references, perhaps to jesus. perhaps do we want to visit our deceased relatives, things like that. >> reporter: police said the notes never mentioned mass suicide, but based on the fears of the relatives, they launched a wide search, bringing in off-road vehicles and deputies on horse back. then as the

of the "world news" investigation we first brought you last night about young american teenage girls in portland, oregon, from good families, targeted at the mall and caught in the sex trade. your reaction was powerful, and tonight, we return, with sharyn alfonsi. >> reporter: you're watching a sting operation. >> hey, how are you doing? come on in. >> who is in there? >> police. >> reporter: undercover police call a prostitute they suspect is underage to a portland motel, hoping to rescue her. it turns out the girl is 23. but she admits the pictures she used to sell her services are of a teenager. because everyone who works these streets knows the younger the girl, the more money she can make for a pimp. michelle alston started prostituting at age 13. a cute young 16-year-old will make, if you had to guess, in a night? >> about a good $600. >> reporter: and how much goes to their pimp? >> all of it. >> reporter: and that is why young girls are now in high demand. being targeted by pimps at shopping malls, schools and on the internet. police say gang members have realized it's often more profita

and i went to portland to look at this skin. we built this skin that's on the building in benson's yard in portland. and, you know, we were dish think it was a very different building, it was a very exceptional building, it would have been very unique and finally after a year and a half dean came back and said, look, you know, because of the way the downtown plan is written, we need something that is much more compliant with the downtown plan. ok? so we stopped, we redesigned the building, we came to the department with a building where there were seven different masses. we had a whole series, rather than three masses we had seven. and that had -- so, with each one the skin ran the opposite direction. it was a much more rich, articulate form from my perspective. but again, after months of working with john, john comes to my office one day, kind of his head in his hands, he says, we can't do this. we can't support this. it has to be more compliant with the code. we have, within reason, designed this building as compliant with the code as we can possibly do and do a 350-foot-high building

today. >>> a municipal bus driver in portland, oregon, is in trouble and on administrative leave after a bus passenger recorded this video, which he says shows the driver reading his kindle e-reader and at one point turning to the next page electronically right there on the dash board while driving on the i-5 heading into downtown portland. the driver noticed the camera after the damage was done and tried to tell the passenger no pictures were allowed on a moving bus. there's also a policy against drivers using electronic devices on a moving bus. not to be outdone by other television personalities, jon stewart and steven colbert have unveiled their own plans for rallies in washington. stewart calls his the rally to restore sanity. colbert, more archly calls his "the march to keep fear alive." it all happens october 30 thd, which happens to be the weekend before the election. >>> we want to take a moment to mark two departuring we read about earlier this week. both lives contributed in a way to our popular culture. one of them in the prevention of auto theft. james winner has died. he w

, denver, st. louis. near 90 in d.c. and new york. comfortable, upper 60s seattle and portland. let's talk about flight delays. right now we're doing well at all of our major airports. we do see a pattern of severe weather possible today from denver to minneapolis. watch out for delays there. and we'll have them with our flight tracker at abc7news.com. here's kristen with more news. >> just about 4:47. a few key components about the healthcare overhaul are set to take effect tomorrow. but this morning's l.a. times reports major insurance companies are going to stop selling new policies for children. anthem blue cross, aetna and others will halt new child only policies in california and other states. the company says the new rules taking effect could create huge and unexpected costs. they include a ban from rejecting junksters -- youngsters with preexisting conditions. abc has more. >> six months after president obama signed landmark healthcare reform into law, americans will now begin to see the effects. starting tomorrow, young adults will be able to stay on their parents' insurance plans

the major hubs for these crimes. >> in portland, oregon, girls as young as 12 are being lured into prostitution. sharyn alfonsi investigates. >> reporter: we are on portland's 82nd avenue. they call it the tracks. police believe there are as many as 100 underage girls here, working the streets, the strip clubs, deployed to hotel rooms, rented and traded by pimps. how old are these girls and what do they look like? >> i have seen them as young as 12. >> reporter: police say young girls are being targeted by pimps. >> they look for them in the malls, they look for them on my space and facebook, they look for them in the schools, they strike up a friendship with them. and the tactic that they use, that they work to identify kind what was their needs are. >> reporter: acting less like brutish pimps, more like psychological surgeons. >> i can get you nice clothes and take care of you. then suddenly they're lavished all these goods and affection and everything and they think, wow, this person really cares about me. >> reporter: that's what happened to katie. we agreed to disguise he

in portland. phoenix hits 95. boise 75. meanwhile, 78 in omaha. 88 in chicago. 91 in indianapolis. upper 80s from baltimore down to miami. >>> it was the king of all bake sales after new orleans snapped up a new world record. >> we told you yesterday how the bakers in the big easy were hoping to make the biggest king cake ever. well, they did it and their king cake circled the superdome twice. there were actually two cakes each weighing more than 4,000 pounds. >> the cakes were topped off with black and gold sprinkles in honor of rob's of course favorite team, the new orleans saints. in case you're wondering these slices sold like hotcakes and all of the profits went to cancer research. >> it's one thing they do well in new orleans is eat so that cake did not last long, i know that. so >>> welcome back, everybody. thanks to a survey done for the bbc, we might finally know why, according to some folks, women are such bad drivers. hm. >> that survey shows that female drivers sometimes do not feel in control of their car because of the shoes they are wearing. here's the bbc's sophie van brugen.

week on september 11th, the "portland press herald" ran a story that began, "muslims from throughout greater portland gathered at the portland expo on friday to celebrate'd al firth one of the holy fest festivals in islamic, marking the end of the month-long ramadan fast." 300 people showed up. it was a perfectly nice feature story. the next day, editor richard connor apologized to his readers, profusely. many saw the front page photo and story as offensive. the paper offered no balance to the story and should have handled the matter, quote, greater sensitivity to the painful memories stirred by the anniversary of 9/11. are you kidding me? this was not a story about a controversial mask or a terrorism or a koran burning. what o'connor did was cave in to criticism from readers who don't think there should have been a front-page story about muslims and couldn't wait until the next day to read about the 9/11 remembrances. connor's apologize was embarrassing. >>> here's what i found laughable. i don't usually pay attention to al-alram and i might have thought little of this photo, showin

the community. they are trying to pay it forward to the community. the travel to portland, phoenix, detroit, and a near my home town of oklahoma city. i will make an appearance. there will be three people vying for two spots on the ranch. the first challenge is monumental. to make it on the ranch or not make it is a big price to pay. the stories this year are still compelling. you will have to tune in. it will inspire america. >> what an amazing transformation, danny. michael, you hold the record. how much weight did you lose? how have you been able to keep it off? >> i started off at five under 26 pounds. i was down to 264 pounds. everyone has a different story based on their experience. for me, it has been easy to keep that off because i have been reborn. why would i want to go back to living my life like that? i was miserable. i was a doorstep. now i feel great. i am energetic. i am full of life. my self-esteem is out of here. >> it makes us happy to hear your stories. what advice do you have for those people struggling with their way? >> everybody can do it. >> everyone can do it. when

. >>> these are pictures from portland, oregon from yesterday where a school bus crash injured a 10-year-old burl girl. the car crashed into the bus. the girl hit her head on the bus seat and take ton the hospital. these other students in the bus along with the driver are all o.k.. >>> according to the national highway administration since 19981450 school children have died. more than two-thirds were killed by school buses. more school age pedestrians are killed in school bus related crashes between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.. investigators say the front of the bus was the main point of impact in about half of the fatal school bus related crashes. >>> this story is just beginning on abc 2 news. you click on the top of the page. you will be able to scroll through the article and click on pictures at this morning crash. you will see it all at abc 2 news. >>> virginia hosted safety and violence protection. comes in the wake of the murder of one of the lacrosse players. it comes five months after the 22-year-old lacrosse player was found killed. her exboyfriend george hugly is charged with her m

for 40 hours straight at a comedy club in portland. guinness is jet to certify that record. ten audiences had to be there at all times and stay awake. >>> helping you eat healthy on a budget. abc 2 news at six starts right now. >>> maryland's governor's race is taking a negative turn as the state moves toward november's general election. good evening i'm kelly swoope. there is not much space in the polls between governor o'malley. it sets up a close race between the republican and the democrat. both parties really have a lot another stake. >> reporter: now the primary is passed, the focus is squarely on maryland's governor race and the gloves are coming off. >> with martin o'malley as governor maryland has moved back ward. >> reporter: bob's campaign releases positive ads the gop is doing the dirty work. this ad from the republican governor association blasts o'malley for the unemployment rate and raising taxes during his term.

to us from kgw news channel 8 in portland, oregon, where one high school footbl player is celebrating his return to the gridiron. hayward loves football with all his heart. bit was his heart that almost took it all away. after scoring a touchdown in a recent game, he had a heart attack. fortunately, a cardiac nurse was in the stan and brought him back to life on the field. he's set to have surgery soon, but doctors say he'll be back to playing football next year. can you believe that, bill it's remarkable. >> it looks like there's a big crowd there. she's doing cpr on the field, people are just-- and then she saves him. >> absolutely. it's amazing. good luck to him. i'm lynn berry, and this is "ear today," today on your nbc station. >>> 4:28 our time right now. 68 degrees. 67 degrees make that. a lovely way to begin a tuesday in the nation's capital. >> welcome to news 4 today for septber 14th, 2010. >>> voters in the district head to the polls today. building day to decide whether mayor adrian fenty will remain in office. he is facing a tough challenge from vincent gray who leads fen

and detroit. the place with the nicest drivers, portland, oregon. >> stay with us. there's lots more still to come on "teen kids news." >> we'll be right back. it's the first two-in-one lipstain and balm. the lipstain gives me a light flush of color while the moisturizing balm softens my lips. have you ever been bitten? new revlon just bitten lipstain and balm. >>> this book report is brought to you by claim stake publishing. meet gannon and wyatt wheeler. these twin brothers are globe-trotting explorers. >> we were really born into this project. we've been traveling since we were little kids and we're just really fortunate to have the class, the world as our classroom. >> their experiences are the basis for a new series of books called "travels with gannon and wyatt." the first novel finds the teen travelers in southern africa. >> the book's basically about me and my brother having a crazy adventure in botswana. >> the brothers go on a safari, visit local tribes, and get up close and personal with africa's wildlife. >> when you go on safari, you want to see the big five. the big five is t

into the water. >> the only time i have seen jelly fish for this has been in portland, oregon in the west coast. >> some snorkeling while in the caribbeans. but not this long. >> reporter: the jelly fish naturally follow their fish is up ply. >> reporter: they prefer to eat their cone jellies. they are actually jelly eaters in the wild. so they come following that big rise in the cone jellies. and we've seen this prevalence of atlantic water. >> that's the only one i have seen. >> reporter: researchers say a dry summer with very little rain help to elevate salt water around the harbor atracking more jelly fish than normal. >> this will happen annually. you seem to be much more aware of it. it seems to big the big one this season. >> i'm not sure if it's jelly fish season or what it is. there is a lot of jelly fish. every morning i come here to work the water always has jelly dish in it. there is nothing to do so i go out and catch them. >> if i had a jelly dish i would get it and put it in the ocean or somewhere else. >> reporter: downtown at the national aquarium fred. >> you can come down to

kgw news channel 8 in portland, oregon, where one high school football player is celebrating his return to the gridiron. hayward loves football with all his heart. bit was his heart that almost took it all away. after scoring a touchdown in a recent game, he had a heart attack. fortunately, a cardiac nurse was in the stands and brought him back to life on the field. he's set to have surgery soon, but doctors say he'll be back to playing football next year. can you believe that, bill? it's remarkable. >> it looks like there's a big crowd there. she's doing cpr on the field, people are just -- and then she saves him. >> absolutely. it's amazing. good luck to him. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today in hd. >> good morning, everyone. i am tony pann. we have a few clouds but no precipitation. temperatures in the upper 50's and low 60 bus. 58 degrees at the airport. a mixture of sunshine and a few clouds today with high temperatures in the low 80's. we will check the seven-day forecast coming

. >>> a small plane stalled and nose dive into the roof of a house south of portland today. the 70-year-old pilot was practicing take offs and landings near the airport when his plane crashed. neighbors say the noise sounded like a two vehicle collision. police are still investigating what made the plane crash. >>> the 7.4 event quake in new zealand struck west of christ church and was felt throughout much of the south island and part of the north island. the city's airport was shut down as a precaution. officials say there have been no immediate reports of casualties. >>> the victim of a horrific acid attack made her first public appearance today. >> my heart stopped, i almost passed out. >> reporter: stephanie storo was walking to starbucks in vancouver washington when a stranger approached her and threw a cup of acid at her. the 23-year-old suffered severe burns to her face. the sunglasses she was wearing at the time of the attack probably saved her from going blind. police are still looking for her attacker. >>> on wednesday, bethany underwent surgery to remove burned skin in her fa

attack. a young portland woman is in agonizing pain today. hear what happened in her own words. >>> and two egg farms involved in a salmonella outbreak say their complaints were ignored. join us for all of these stories at 4:00. and stay with us. your five-day forecast is next. , as a career prosecutor i made decisions on facts not politics. in washington, i'm trying to do the same. that's why i voted to crackdown on wall street and protect the bay. and why i voted against the $3 trillion budget, the big bank bailout, and against the health care bill. you see for me it's not about democrats or republicans it's about common sense and doing what's best for our families. maybe that's why i'm ranked one of the most independent members of congress. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. >>> let's take a look at the five-day forecast. we've going to say happy trails to earl. and look at that. 85, 86 degrees. beautiful labor day weekend. tuesday will be the 55th day this year above 90. that will set the record. we break the record. goes back to 1988. days in the year over 90.

the day, as they have ever year, with two parties. miguel is in portland, oregon. >> chris, good morning. events to mark kyron horman's birthday today and this weekend. the little boy turns 8 today and he also would have started the third grade here earlier this week. despite the best effort of investigators, there has been no sign of kyron since the day he vanished. this should be a day of celebration for his parents, instead, an ongoing reminder of a nightmare that continues for them. their son disappeared from school here on june 4th shortly after his stepmother, teri horman dropped him off. his biological parents have continued to point the finger at her saying she is somehow involved in kyron's disappe disappearance. horman's lawyer called any speculation about her involvement in kyron's disappearance a witch hunt. she appears to be at the strfce of this investigation, no charges have been filed. the 8-year-old hasn't been seen in months, but no one has forgotten kyron's story. >> i'm joined now by john walsh, host of "america's most wanted" which is about to enter its 24th season.

. >> police were called in to the portland apartment in hagerstown monday morning. in such apartments 7, up search found the 2-year-old in the chest. he found a handgun under the bed and accidentally shot himself. >> the carry the little kid out and he was hanging there. >> investigators say devoted gun was in possession of the child's 16-year-old brother, marcus. seven people were inside the apartment when the gun went off. >> nowadays, you can expect anything. >> police say even as the toddler lay wounded, 17-year- old fantasia rivera took the gun and hit it in a nearby playground. >> what was he doing up at 1:30 in the morning? >> a little boy fighting for his life and in neighborhood changed for the worse. >> i will not walk outside anymore. there are guns at the park and people in these buildings should not have guns,. . >> the police k-9 unit later recovered that gun. the teenagers face multiple charges. they are being charged as adults. our prayers are with a little boy tonight. >> thanks a lot, rich. >>> another infant is in the hospital after a car crash in prince george's county a

. phoenix will heat up to 104. and colorado springs is 93. it's 84 in sacramento. 80 in portland. and 72 in seattle. >>> and after the break, money news is next. are we headed towards a second recession? warren buffett weighs in. >>> presidential publishing. the president's newest book, intended for a much younger audience. >> a >>> republicans are standing firm when it comes to a tax increase on wealthy americans. the brief hope of a compromise ended with the gop digging in. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says every senate republican will oppose allowing a bush-era tax cut to expire, even for the nation's wealthy. >>> it is time, now, for a check of this morning's stock market activity. tokyo's nikkei average fell 22 points today. hong kong's hang seng rose 90. in london, the ftse opened higher. the dow jones industrial average gained 81 points yesterday. the nasdaq was up 43 points. >>> walmart is about to begin a new, low-cost mobile phone service. walmart family mobile will allow unlimited calling and texting for 45 bucks a month with no contract requirement or early terminat

probation hearing. we'll be in with that tomorrow. andrea mitchell reports next. >>> brian kirk of portland, oregon is the founder of location vacations. he gives it vacationers a two-to-three-day crash course to test drive a different career. it's an intensive learning experience for prospective entrepreneurs. for more, watch on msnbc. i want to give my 5 employees health insurance, but i just can't afford it. i have diabetes. i didn't miss a premium payment for 10 years. and i'm worried if i lose my job, i won't be able to afford insurance. when i graduated from college, i lost my health insurance. the minute i got sick, i lost my insurance. not anymore. not anymore. not anymore. america's healthcare reforms change lives for the better. to find out how it can help you, visit us at americasfairhealthcare.org it's not just fair, it's the law. coswitching to geico did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeee weeeeeeee. mom: max. ...maxwell! piggy: yeah? mom: you're home. piggy: oh,cool, thanks mrs. a. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could sav

the testing site. the exact cause is still being -pinvestigated. >>> a portland bus driier is caught driving under the influence of a book and a passenger catches it on tape. the passenger didn't want to show his face, ut in his video you can see the driver reading when the bus is in motion. other riders sayythey've seen it before. >> they're just like reading a book while they're like at a read tg as they go. they just don't put it down. i've seen this before. >>> a maryland man sentenced to 27 months in jail after faking his own death to avoid a court appearance. brown arranged for a -- the case wassdismissed until a probation officee discovered there was no -poriginal death certificate on file. the file number brown used beeonged to someone else who died. 3 c1 >>> with november elections just around the kornger, campaigns are heating up. one new york campaign is stinking up many homes. he is the republican gub gub candidate and he's causing a foul order in mailboxes all over the state. his marriage is >> i think it speaks to the done. >> ddmocrats say he's unfit to serve. gover

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